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1. In 1963 hundreds of ____ children
marched along with King and others
down the streets of downtown
Birmingham. They were violently
stopped by attack dogs, police
officers, and firefighters.
2. In 1965 King won the ____ peace
price.
4. She refused to give up her bus seat to
a white person. As a result, she was
arrested and jailed. (2 words)
6. In 1956 the United States ____ ____
ruled that segregation on public
buses was not legal. (2 words)
7. King's life came to an end when he
was ____ in 1968.
8. King led many of these, such as the
one he led at an Atlanta department
store lunch counter.
9. King spoke out against the war with
this country that the United States
was involved in. King believed it
would not be right to protest against
racial violence without also speaking
against the violence of war.
13. King's memoir Stride Toward
Freedom (1958) focused on the
____ boycott.
15. When King was only 6 he had an
experience with this. The parents of
two of his white friends said that
King could not play with them
because of his skin color.
16. In 1959 King went to this country to
study Gandhi's ideas.
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3. Mahatma _____ was someone who
practiced nonviolent resistance in
India to bring about change. King
studied this man's life and his
accomplishments.
5. The Civil Rights Act of 1964
authorized the United States
government to enforce ____ of
public accommodations.
10. The ____ focused much attention
on the nonviolent methods of
protest and some of the violent
responses. As a result of the ____,
people around the world learned of
the injustice that was taking place.
11. King believed that individuals had
the moral right and responsibility to
disobey ____ laws.
12. Despite having his house bombed,
King believed and persuaded others
to remain _____.
14. Henry David ____ was a man who
lived from 1817-1862 and believed
strongly in not supporting a
government that permitted slavery.
Martin Luther King Jr. paid special
attention to the writings of this man.
17. The ____ Rights Act was passed in
1965. This law made it illegal to
require people to know how to read
before they could register to vote.
18. King gave his famous "I Have a
Dream" speech in 1963. His speech
and the 200,000 people who came
to protest helped pressure
Washington to pass the ____ Rights
Act in 1964.
19. The ____ laws in many southern
cities required black bus riders to sit
in the back of the bus and give up
their seats to white riders.
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